Thursday, September 18, 2014

Comics this week

Deadly Class #7- After a short break, writer Rick Remender
bring us back to assassin school with an issue that starts slow before ramping
it up at the end. The gang is still suffering the fallout of Chico’s attempted
hit on Marcus with Saya trying to find Chico’s body and Maria suffering a
breakdown. Not helping matters for Marcus is the fact that both girls now have
their eyes on him and a love triangle is blossoming here. Yeah, this is a school for assassins, being a psycho
killer is a good thing here. I won’t say this is a great start to the second
story arc but after the first 6 issues, Remender and artist Wes Craig get some
leeway from me. Welcome back class!

Justice League Futures End #1- By now, almost everyone is in
agreement that Future’s End is a terrible event. Justice League Futures End
does not change that. It seems that 5 years from now, only Cyborg is left on
the team with the rest of the team comes from JL United and JLA. Give me back Jessica
Cruz, Lex Luthor, and Batman please.

Superior Spider-Man #33- One of the main (and best) thing about Superior Spider-Man is what a superior jerk Otto is as Spider-Man. Insufferable
as Doc Octopus, Otto Octavius became insufferable x10 in the young, agile body of Peter
Parker. There's plenty more of Otto the jerk in this issue, especially towards his follow Spider-Men. While fun to read, what was really good about this issue was how writer
Dan Slott & Christos Gage expanded the story and increased the danger and challenges facing the Spiders. As powerful as Morlun is, it’s hard to imagine you needing 30+
Spider-men to take him down. So letting him have a family and fleshing them out solve
that problem neatly. So far, the Spider-Verse event looks very promising.